Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-19
Building for tne w. c. Il. U.

Los Angeles are aware, no doubt, that
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union have fine building lot on the
corner of Fort and Temple streets for
temperance headquarters. Merrill Lodge
of Good Templars owned it. and not be.
ing in a condition to build IN it immedi-
ately, kindly presented it to the w.
| C. 7. U.
When the offer was first made there
was little hesitation, fearing it was too
great an enterprise for US to undertake.
Encouraging words were spoken to us
by friends, and delegates from the seven
counties of Southern California met in
convention last July, became an incor-
porated society and received the munifi.
| cent gift.
Since that time plans for raising the
necessary funds for building have en-
gagged our attention. The ladies' are do.
ing all they can. They are not supposed
as a class to abound in money, but they
have a faculty of making dollar go a
long way. especially the women of the
w. C. T. U.
They have been aroused by sense of
duty to protect the homes OF our country
from the inroads being made upon them,
and they work with an energy worthy
of the cause.
There are so many departments in our
work that convenient headquarters
would be of very great advantage.
A hall large enough for our regular
meetings and conventions, the meetings
of the Young Womans Christian Tenn.
perance Union and children's meetings
is very desirable. Thus far we have de.
pended mainly on the kindness of differ.
ent denominations in accommodating US
with the use of their churches, some.
times, fear, when it was not entirely
convenient for them.
Room is needed for Depository for
Temperance literature. Our superin-
tendent of that department has ON hand
some excellent books for Sunday School
and other libraries, good leaflets and
tracts for distribution, badge and pledge
cards, &C., which would be more extern
sively used were we not obliged to keep
them in private house.
A Woman's Exchange is among the
things to be provided for, place where
women can have articles sold on com.
mission from the products of pencil and
brush, through all grades of fancy work
and plain sewing to the palatable food
which would furnish most of the mid.
day lunch. Hot coffee with comforta.
BILE lunch could be served for the print.
ers at midnight at reasonable rates.
A woman's reading room is also need.
ed, corresponding to the Y. M. c. A.
for men.
Mothers meetings would be held
where subjects pertaining to home, as
proper food, clothing, ventilation and
training OF children would be discussed,
and gospel meetings in the evening for
people who do not go to church.
Sewing Schools and Kitchen Gardens
are also desirable in which girls learn to
do those things necessary to we'll
ordered home.
In connection with this missionary
is needed who shall visit the families Of
the poor, sick and needy ones.
All these things would require con-
siderable room. Some of them would
be self-supporting, others would not.
In order to carry On these departments,
or any Others found to be more neces-
sary, we wish to build large enough to
have offices and rooms to rent-to fnr-
nish us with regular income. We
ought to have $25, 900 for such a build
ing.
It cannot be considered visionary
scheme when we review the work done
~ vNo,~o~5o CkviSftov,
Temperance Union in the twelve years
since it's organization. Two hundred
thousand women are in its ranks in our
country alone, and Worlds w. C.T.U.
has been formed with Mrs. Lucas, of Eng
land, j ohm Bright's sister, at the head of
it. Is missionaries have gone to Eu.
rope. One from this country, meeting
with great success, has been to Austria
liza, Sandwich Islands and is new in
japan, ON her way around the world.
Our national publishing house at Chi
cago issued last year over thirty million
pages of temperance literature.
The Union Signal, our national paper,
has 25,OOO subscribers. Many Of the
States publish monthly or weekly bulle-
tins. The influence Of these, together
with the vast number of lectures and
conventions, is widespread and abid-
ing.
1t has been the means of securing the
Scientific Temperance Educational bill
in seventeen States, and last year in
Congress, which includes all the Terri
tories and government schools. This
means that the children in those schools
shall be taught the effects OF alcoholic
drinks and her narcotics on the human
system. Besides this, much has been
done for the children in the Sunday
schools. Juvenile societies and kinder
gartens.
1t has reached out to help all classes
the soldier, sailor, miner, the pauper
and the prisoner.
Under social purity and white cross
movement it is trying to raise the stand
ard of morals in society and have the
same one for men and women.
We refer thus to our work not to boast
of what has been accomplished, but that
the public may understand its scope be-
fore contributing to its support.
Will not those who have been so won.